On the outskirts of Oslo, a row of Fiat 500es imported from California stand parked in the snow outside the Buddy Electric dealership, part of a global flow of pre-owned electric cars to Norway powered by green subsidies elsewhere in the world.

To prevent hike in ownership cost of electric two-wheelers under FAME II (Faster Adoption and Manufacturing of Electric Vehicle) scheme government should not only focus on the battery power but also on speed and range of the vehicles, urged Naveen Munjal, MD, Hero Electric Vehicles.

Rohit Srivastava, product line head (passenger commercial vehicles) of Tata Motors said that the commercial vehicles business of the company is seeing considerable growth and presently enjoying a market share of 45 per cent in the segment.

At an e-vehicle summit here, K J George, minister of large and medium scale industries, said there will be special concessions and incentives to those wanting to set up manufacturing units for e-vehicles in the state.

Five people from each panchayat will be given loans with 50% of the cost or maximum Rs1 lakh as subsidy on purchasing of passenger vehicles. The scheme is to connect every panchayat and block with transport service.

The office on Wednesday said only vehicles costing 60,000 euros or less qualified for Germany's "environmental bonus". Because it had found that Tesla was delivering higher specification vehicles costing more than 60,000 euros, the Tesla Model S was removed from the subsidy list on November 30, 2017.

In fact, segment leaders like Maruti Suzuki, Tata Motors and Hero MotoCorp have reported de-growth of 34.3 per cent, 45 per cent and 20 per cent, respectively giving a clear indication of a prolonged slowdown in the sector.